If someone called out the name CC Sabathia in an auction, or if he was selected in the final rounds of fantasy baseball drafts, there likely was laughter or crickets. In most leagues, he was ignored.

The Yankees’ left-hander was once a workhorse, but had at least a 4.73 ERA in three straight seasons and wasn’t even a lock for the starting rotation.

Sabathia is off to a great start, going 3-4 with a 2.85 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and a 40:16 K:BB ratio over 47 1/3 innings. Is it for real? It is, and you should add him if he is available in your league.

Whenever you see a stark change, search for something that is different. One thing that stands out is the change in home runs allowed. Sabathia has allowed two home runs in 2016. He allowed 38 over 231 1/3 innings the last two seasons.

Sabathia’s fastball velocity is a career low 88.5 mph, but he has adjusted by throwing the fastball much less and is using a cutter 28.3 percent of the time. Sabathia has a low hard-hit rate of 24.8 percent and has pitched well on the road at Baltimore, Toronto and Texas.

In the first month of the season, there was nothing to suggest it would be different in 2016. Sabathia had a 5.06 ERA, 1.69 WHIP and a 15:11 K:BB ratio. In May, he has pitched 26 innings with a 1.04 ERA, 0.81 WHIP and a 25:5 K:BB ratio.

The home runs will come at some point, because a 4 percent homer-per-flyball rate is unsustainable, but Sabathia is a better pitcher than the past three years, and he has fantasy value.

— Another pitcher who has seen a drastic change is Matt Shoemaker. The Angels’ right-hander has gone from one of the worst pitchers in baseball, and booted from a struggling rotation, to one of the hottest.

Shoemaker has dominated over his past three starts with a 31:0 K:BB ratio in 22 2/3 innings. He allowed 20 hits and four earned runs in that span. Even after that stretch, his ERA is 5.50 as it stood at 8.49 before.

Shoemaker’s biggest problem has been home runs. He had a 1.60 HR/9 last season. He allowed six home runs through his first 20 2/3 innings. In the last 31 2/3 innings, he has allowed one home run. Like Sabathia, Shoemaker has changed his pitch usage, especially in the past three starts.

Shoemaker has utilized the splitter almost twice as much recently, relying less on the fastball, and the results have been apparent, with 69 swings and misses the past three starts. Shoemaker had success in 2014 when he finish second in the AL Rookie of the Year, and he should be added in all leagues.

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